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Tridentaforma fuscoleuca - Hodges#0195 (Tridentaforma fuscoleuca)
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Copyright © 2014
Alice Abela
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Tridentaforma fuscoleuca
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
February 19, 2014
Size: ~3mm
Found flying around manzanitas in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 19 February, 2014 - 9:16pm
Last updated 28 February, 2014 - 2:09pm
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Terry Harrison
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Alice Abela
, 25 February, 2014 - 9:45pm
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Tineidae
There appears to be a folded maxillary palp visible in this shot. That, combined with the shaggy head vestiture and the general size, shape, and coloration, would point to Tineidae, although I don't know which species it might be.
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Terry Harrison
, 19 February, 2014 - 9:47pm
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Thanks!
Not sure this will help, but the full size image is on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/12647308643/sizes/o/
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Alice Abela
, 19 February, 2014 - 11:31pm
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What about...
Could
Tridentaforma fuscoleuca
be a match? The association with manzanitas (in this case
Arctostaphylos purissima
) would fit too.
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Alice Abela
, 22 February, 2014 - 12:39am
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Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America
Looking up Tridentiforma fuscoleuca, the size is much larger than those I'm seeing, but the book says "Similar but appreciably smaller moths, which likely comprise a complex of species, occur widely in the western United States. They fly around manzanita (Arctostaphylos, Ericaceae) in early spring...". Maybe this is one of those?
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Alice Abela
, 22 February, 2014 - 12:50am
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Yes
I too rejected
T. fuscoleuca
on basis of the size disparity, but given the comments in the Powell and Opler book, I agree that your moth is either that species or something close and that it should be placed under
T. fuscoleuca
(at least until we know more about these moths).
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Terry Harrison
, 27 February, 2014 - 4:29pm
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Maybe...
Maybe something in the Gelechioidea?
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Alice Abela
, 19 February, 2014 - 9:22pm
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